Solar Energy News April 4, 2016

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Rooftop Solar Could Cover 40 Percent of U.S. Electricity

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The technical potential for rooftop solar installations on existing buildings throughout the U.S. stands at 1,118 Gigawatt (GW), without taking into account new buildings, canopies over open spaces and “built-in PV”. Full Article

European Solar Market Struggling to Retain Scale

Jessica Shankleman

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If it wasn’t for the U.K., Europe’s solar power market would have flat-lined last year, according to new industry figures that reveal the world’s biggest market for the technology is struggling to retain its scale. Full Article

Flying Blind and Crashing: The Need for Quality Data Transparency in Light of the Solar Market Meltdown

Haresh Patel

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Last year’s solar market supernova-turned-black-hole left investors scratching their heads and the industry reeling. Full Article

China's Grid Operator Blames Bad Planning for Idled Renewable Energy

Feifei Shen

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State Grid Corp. of China, which manages the electricity grid in the world’s most populous nation, blamed a lack of planning for congestion in its network that forced authorities to limit the amount of power renewable energy generators can sell. Full Article

Meet the Next 'Supermajors' of Renewable Energy

Joe Ryan

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More than a decade after the birth of the modern renewable energy industry, solar and wind await their John D. Rockefeller. Full Article

Community Solar Tipping Point: Flexibility + Access = Market Growth

K Kaufmann, Nick Esch and Dan Chwastyk

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Community solar has hit a tipping point. It has become a major focus of the renewable energy sector and the subject of multiple reports and conferences where it is emerging as a highly flexible and customizable way to bring solar to a broad range of utilities and customers. Full Article

Belarus State Attitude Toward Renewable Energy Projects Changes

Vladislav Vorotnikov

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Cooperation of authorities and potential investors in alternative energy segment in Belarus has had a very low level of efficiency, since over recent years in the country signed investment Full Article

Re-Member-ing the Cooperative Way: Part One - The Challenges

John Farrell

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Decades after cities lit the first electric lamps in the 1880s, most of the rural places of America were still dark. Urban utilities didn't care for the expense of wiring farms, and it wasn't until communities organized that electricity expanded to rural areas. Farmers in southwest Idaho, for example, formed a nonprofit in 1920 to build Full Article

Redflow’s New Energy Storage System for Residential Solar Comparable on Price

Renewable Energy World Editors

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Australian battery storage house Redflow Limited has introduced a residential energy-storage unit designed to work with solar power to store off-peak power to be used for peak demand periods and support off-grid periods. Full Article

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